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Db2

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make db2.o and db2_64.o (odbc usage) part of the distribution and updates/upgrades

The information center documents how to extract shr.o of shr_64.o and move it to db2.o or db2_64.o. 'http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSEPGG_10.5.0/com.ibm.db2.luw.apdv.cli.doc/doc/t0010406.html?cp=SSEPGG_10.5.0%2F4-0-1-1-4-2 .luw.apd...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Application Development 0 Not under consideration

deferring index creation with an option to not have to log the rebuild

This was originally opened in Aug 2013 RIMS database (as 8556) In Aug 2013 one of the ids-System customers, an insurance company, had to do an offline table reorg, which had to rebuild index at the end. This is an HADR customer, so index is fully ...
almost 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Database sharding

The customer is considering to deploy multi-active system cross multiple sites, the distance among sites might be more than 1000km. The data could be distributed by hash, and rarely cross site data access by transaction/query. DPF might be a good ...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / High Availability and/or Disaster Recovery 0 Not under consideration

Improve performance of DB2 BLU

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about 10 years ago in Db2 / Tables/Index (Range MQ MDC etc.) 0 Not under consideration

Automate life cycle management of data

For the most OLTP system, some table only keep data for a period of time. We are looking for support to automate the management of this by DB2, ie. auto-prune older data.
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 1 Not under consideration

Change output from command GET DBM CFG

The output from the command 'get dbm cfg' without the option 'show detail' is misleading in that in shows the 'wrong' values for parameters that have been changed but needs an instance restart. It could be solved by changing the output to use the ...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Configuration Parameters 0 Not under consideration

Compatibility mode / new function mode

Enable compatibility mode and new function mode like DB2 z/OS. The compatibility mode will allow to use the binaries of a new db2 version without using the new features. The new function mode will allow to use the binaries of a new db2 version and...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Installation & Upgrade 0 Not under consideration

Intermediate commit in singleton delete / insert / update

Add a new WITH clause to store the commit interval which will triggers intermediate commits in the mass delete / insert / update.
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Statements (DDL and DML) 0 Not under consideration

db2move copy option for partitioned tablespaces

Please implement tablespace map for db2move copy option for partitioned tables, the above pmr has more details on the issue. db2move accepts a tablespace map, but if the souce database has a partitioned table it just fails with a syntax error when...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Utilities (Export Import Load db2look etc) 0 Not under consideration

Automatic propagation of a significant application name

When a java program connects to the database, the application name is usually db2jcc_application. This behavior can be overridden by setting the appropriate properties in the DB2 driver. Unfortunately, it is rarely done (from my experience). It co...
about 10 years ago in Db2 / Serviceability 0 Not under consideration